The Corporatocracy of Lauds Epics is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Beff Jezos with an even hand, and remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, ritual sacrifices, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 6.879 billion Epicians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sterling City. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Epician economy, worth a remarkable 1,781 trillion Credits a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Arms Manufacturing, and Gambling. Average income is an amazing 258,911 Credits, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,071,908 per year while the poor average 7,556, a ratio of 274 to 1.

Most politicians belong to the Church of the Divine Kickback, the word "sexagenarian" has taken on a whole new meaning, fast-food chefs regularly win Health Innovation Awards for spitting on burgers, and major archaeological findings are frequently bulldozed to make way for new buildings. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Lauds Epics's national animal is the Wombat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Money.

Lauds Epics is ranked 4,981^st in the world and 1^st in Ashes of War for Highest Average Incomes, with 258,911.07 Standard Monetary Units.